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Causal
is always a great word to know.
So is solidus. Does it mean:
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Example Sentences
- Photography, because of its causal relationship to the world, seems to give us the truth or something close to the truth.
- However, the feeling is that there is a causal relationship between too little sleep and these health problems.
- In this causal chain it is not self-restraint which affects aggressive tendencies, but something downstream of self-restraint.
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Word Origin & History
causal
1530s, from L. causalis "relating to a cause," from causa (see cause). Causality is recorded from c.1600.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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